{{Article summary text|Explains VDPAU support in various hardware and software components}}

{{Article summary text|Explains VDPAU support in various hardware and software components}}

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==Supported hardware==

==Supported hardware==

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*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 8 series and newer cards are supported by the proprietary {{pkg|nvidia-utils}} package, available in the [[official repositories]].

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'''Open source drivers:'''

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*[[Intel Graphics|Intel]] GMA 4500 series and newer GPUs are supported by {{pkg|libvdpau-va-gl}} package (available in the [[AUR]]) together with the open source {{pkg|libva-intel-driver}}.

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*[[ATI|AMD]] Radeon 9500 and newer GPUs are supported by the {{pkg|ati-dri}} package, available in the [[official repositories]].

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*[[ATI|AMD]] Radeon 9500 and newer GPUs are supported by the open source {{pkg|ati-dri}} package, available in the [[official repositories]].

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*[[Intel Graphics|Intel]] GMA 4500 series and newer GPUs are supported by the {{AUR|libvdpau-va-gl}} package (available in the [[AUR]]) together with the {{pkg|libva-intel-driver}}.

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*[[AMD Catalyst|AMD]] Radeon HD 4000 series and newer GPUs are also supported by {{pkg|libvdpau-va-gl}} package (available in the [[AUR]]) together with the {{AUR|xvba-video-open}} package. It uses the proprietary {{AUR|catalyst-utils}} driver for Radeon HD 5000 series and newer, and {{AUR|catalyst-legacy-utils}} for Radeon HD 4000 series.

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*[[Nouveau|NVIDIA]] GeForce 400 series and newer GPUs are supported by the {{pkg|nouveau-dri}} package, available in the [[official repositories]]. It uses the {{AUR|nouveau-fw}} package, which contains the required firmware to operate that is presently extracted from the NVIDIA binary driver.

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'''Proprietary drivers:'''

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*[[AMD Catalyst|AMD]] Radeon HD 4000 series and newer GPUs are supported by the {{AUR|libvdpau-va-gl}} package (available in the [[AUR]]) together with the {{AUR|libva-xvba-driver}} package. It uses the {{AUR|catalyst-utils}} driver for Radeon HD 5000 series and newer, and {{AUR|catalyst-legacy-utils}} for Radeon HD 4000 series.

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*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 8 series and newer GPUs are supported by the {{pkg|nvidia-utils}} package, available in the [[official repositories]].

===Supported formats===

===Supported formats===

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! {{pkg|nvidia-utils}}

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! {{AUR|libvdpau-va-gl}} with {{pkg|libva-intel-driver}}

! {{pkg|ati-dri}}

! {{pkg|ati-dri}}

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! {{AUR|libvdpau-va-gl}} with {{AUR|xvba-video-open}}

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! {{AUR|libvdpau-va-gl}} with {{pkg|libva-intel-driver}}

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! {{pkg|nouveau-dri}}

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! {{AUR|libvdpau-va-gl}} with {{AUR|libva-xvba-driver}}

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! {{pkg|nvidia-utils}}

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| MPEG2 decoding

| MPEG2 decoding

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| Nvidia GeForce 8 and newer

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| AMD Radeon 9500 and newer

| Intel GMA 4500 and newer

| Intel GMA 4500 and newer

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| AMD Radeon 9500 and newer

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| Nvidia GeForce 400 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

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| Nvidia GeForce 8 and newer

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| MPEG4 decoding

| MPEG4 decoding

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| Nvidia GeForce 200 and newer

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| AMD Radeon HD 6000 and newer

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| -

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| -

| -

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| Nvidia GeForce 400 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 6000 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 6000 and newer

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| Nvidia GeForce 200 and newer

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| H264 decoding

| H264 decoding

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| Nvidia GeForce 8 and newer

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| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

| Intel GMA 4500<sup>1</sup>, Ironlake Graphics and newer

| Intel GMA 4500<sup>1</sup>, Ironlake Graphics and newer

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| -

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| Nvidia GeForce 400 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

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| Nvidia GeForce 8 and newer

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| VC1 decoding

| VC1 decoding

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| Nvidia GeForce 8 and newer

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| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

| Intel Sandy Bridge Graphics and newer

| Intel Sandy Bridge Graphics and newer

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| -

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| Nvidia GeForce 400 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

| AMD Radeon HD 4000 and newer

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| Nvidia GeForce 8 and newer

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<sup>1</sup>Supported by the libva-driver-intel-g45-h264 package. See [[Intel_Graphics#H.264_decoding_on_GMA_4500|H.264 decoding on GMA 4500]] for instructions and caveats.

<sup>1</sup>Supported by the libva-driver-intel-g45-h264 package. See [[Intel_Graphics#H.264_decoding_on_GMA_4500|H.264 decoding on GMA 4500]] for instructions and caveats.

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=== [[MPlayer]] ===

=== [[MPlayer]] ===

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Install {{pkg|mplayer}} or {{pkg|mplayer2}} package, available in the [[official repositories]].

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Install {{pkg|mplayer}} or {{AUR|mplayer2}} package, available in the [[official repositories]].

NVIDIA GeForce 400 series and newer GPUs are supported by the nouveau-dri package, available in the official repositories. It uses the nouveau-fwAUR package, which contains the required firmware to operate that is presently extracted from the NVIDIA binary driver.